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| [Nettime-bold] Surveillance & Control: an event on surveillance technologies& new media art, March, Tate Modern |
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: SURVEILLANCE + CONTROL AT TATE MODERN Surveillance and Control A half-day conference in March http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/events.htm < sincere apologies to anyone who receives this twice, or receives this in error. Please forward this to anyone you think may be interested > TIMES AND DATES 1400 - 1830 [ GMT ] 1500 - 1930 [ Central European Time ] 0900 - 1330 [ US Eastern Standard Time ] 1930 - 0000 [ Indian / Culcutta Time ] 0100 - 0530 [ Australian Eastern Summer Time, 10 March] 0300 - 0730 [ New Zealand Summer Time, 10 March ] LOCATION Starr Auditorium, Level 2, Tate Modern, London, UK INTRODUCTION As part of Tate Modern's Interpretation and Education programme, a half day conference on surveillance technologies and new media art will be take place. SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL considers widespread uses of electronic surveillance, analysing recent social and political developments, and asking how various surveillance technologies have impacted on new media art practice. Tickets �10 (�5 concessions) Bookings are now being accepted for this event. To book tickets to attend, please ring Tate Ticketing on: 020 7887 8888 or email <[email protected]>. ABOUT THE EVENT We are living in a medialised society. Surveillance devices are used increasingly to monitor physical space, while the operation of global interception systems show the vulnerability of electronic space. The increasing ubiquity of surveillance has radically transformed the relation between public and private spheres, as well as the very nature of political and technological control. This half day conference will probe recent developments in surveillance debates. Investigative journalist, Duncan Campbell and media theorist, Eric Kluitenberg look at issues such as the use of the English/American automated interception and relay system, Echelon, and the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPa), which updates UK law on the interception of communications. Presentations by artists, Marko Peljhan, Kate Rich and Julia Scher will ask how artists are responding to, or subverting the surveillance strategies employed by the commercial and governmental sectors. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS - Julia Scher, USA Julia Scher is an artist, who�s work focuses on the subjects surveillance and cyber-sphere. Aiming at the exposure of dangers and ideologies of monitoring systems, Scher creates temporary and transitory web/installation/performance works that explore issues of power, control and seduction. She has lectured at Harvard University, Princeton University and Rutgers University. Online data: interview: http://www.rhizome.org/object.rhiz?2772 - Marko Peljhan, Slovenia Marko Peljhan is a media artist and founder of the organisation, Projekt Atol, which runs Makrolab, an autonomous communications, research and living unit. Makrolab has been shown at documentaX in Kassel in 1997, on Rottnest Island-Wadjemup, Australia in 2000, and will be installed at Tramway in Glasgow, Scotland in 2002. Online data: http://makrolab.ljudmila.org/ - Kate Rich, UK / Australia Kate Rich is a video engineer for BIT (Bureau of Inverse Technology). BIT develops data, tracking and visualisation devices for critical deployment, such as the SUICIDE BOX vertical motion recorder, the BIT PLANE miniature spyplane, and the BANG BANG camera network. Online data: http://bureauit.org - Duncan Campbell, UK Scottish born Duncan Campbell is an investigative journalist, author, consultant and television producer specialising in privacy, civil liberties and secrecy issues. His best-known investigations have led to major legal clashes with successive British governments. In 1988, he revealed the existence of the ECHELON project, which has since 1997 become controversial throughout the world and especially in Europe. Online data: http://www.gn.apc.org/duncan Chair: - Eric Kluitenberg, Netherlands Eric Kluitenberg is a writer, theorist and organiser of culture and technology events. He lives in Amsterdam and currently works for De Balie, Centre for Culture and Politics, where in 2001 he organised The Society of Control - a event showcasing artists' use of electronic observation technologies. Online data: De Balie: http://www.balie.nl WEBCAST This event will be presented live on the Tate website, as part of Tate�s Webcasting Programme. You can experience the event live online in audio and video using the Real Player. To find out more, visit: <http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/webcasting>. If you haven't experienced Tate Modern's webcasts before, please visit our technical help page: <http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/help.htm>. MORE INFORMATION: For more on this event, see: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/events.htm or contact: Honor Harger, Webcasting Curator, Interpretation & Education, Tate Modern Email: [email protected] PH: (44) 020 7401 5066 For more information about Tate or getting tickets for the event: Tate Box Office Email: [email protected] PH: (44) 020 7887 8888 URL: http://www.tate.org.uk _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list [email protected] http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold